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What's the best white egg layer??????

post #1 of 7
2/7/11 at 6:42pm
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I what a white egg layer breed, can someone tell me the best breeds to get? I would like a large egg and if possible, docile chickens.

Rob in Mississippi
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post #2 of 7
2/7/11 at 6:48pm

White Leghorns. I've never had a problem with them being flighty, but others have complained. smile

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Bantams: Blue, Black Wyandottes~ Black Cochin~D'uccles~Br Leghorns~Barred Rocks Large Fowl: White Leghorns~Polish
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  Try to live your life like you are worth the price Jesus paid.

Bantams: Blue, Black Wyandottes~ Black Cochin~D'uccles~Br Leghorns~Barred Rocks Large Fowl: White Leghorns~Polish
"You need chickens. It's in your blood."  my incredibly understanding and indulgent husband!

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post #3 of 7
2/7/11 at 6:52pm

Leghorns lay super large white eggs daily.  Are small so don't require alot of feed.  They are docile but kind of flighty and not the kind of chicken you can make a pet out of.

   Retired Nurse

Buff Orpingtons, White Rocks, Brown Leghorns, Lavender Americanas, Easter Eggers and Black Aussies

http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/654681/florida-always-sunny-side-up-chicken-swap#post_8835572

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   Retired Nurse

Buff Orpingtons, White Rocks, Brown Leghorns, Lavender Americanas, Easter Eggers and Black Aussies

http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/654681/florida-always-sunny-side-up-chicken-swap#post_8835572

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post #4 of 7
2/7/11 at 6:55pm

I can answer the first question.  The White Layer........ duck.  It is all white and lays all white eggs, 230 eggs in 40 weeks of lay.  I know you were probably thinking chicken but the advantages of ducks are thicker shelled eggs, more disease resistant, gets all bugs, slugs and snails in your garden,  funny antics and behavior and hardier.  Think about it!   www.metzerfarms.com/WhiteLayerDucks.cfm
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post #5 of 7
2/8/11 at 7:55pm

White Leghorns, mine ust startedlaying last month and they are alreasy up to large eggs and I get one a day from them. Every day!
They are also very funny and follow me around everywhere I go.
D

Got a rid of the husband but kept the chickens

I have 4 RIR's, 3 Easter Eggers, 1 Buff, 4 Leghorns, 2 golden comets and 1 Black Copper Marans hen and one Black Copper Marans rooster

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Got a rid of the husband but kept the chickens

I have 4 RIR's, 3 Easter Eggers, 1 Buff, 4 Leghorns, 2 golden comets and 1 Black Copper Marans hen and one Black Copper Marans rooster

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post #6 of 7
2/8/11 at 8:12pm

i have 2 white leghorns and by the 3 rd week i was getting large white egg daily. they eat the least amt of feed. at first they fly over the fence until i put up a netting but i had to take it down for the winter and they have not fly over it

We have 10 chickens 1 silver campine,2 hen buff Orpington,3 hen n 1 roo who is disability Australorp /Cochin mix, 2 hen Leghorn started laying 7-19,2010  They  came to us on April 4 2010 one week old. got 3 more 8/14/10 BR  2EE young HENS
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We have 10 chickens 1 silver campine,2 hen buff Orpington,3 hen n 1 roo who is disability Australorp /Cochin mix, 2 hen Leghorn started laying 7-19,2010  They  came to us on April 4 2010 one week old. got 3 more 8/14/10 BR  2EE young HENS
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post #7 of 7
2/8/11 at 8:26pm

Most white egg layers are not cold hardy but I have had white leghorn, nice big egg. Ancona, smaller egg but great layer and small body like leghorn, and campines.  All 3 great white layers winter hardy but leghorn the biggest eggs.

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